Mosiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moh-ZY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Mosiah is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Mosiah mean?
From the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mosiah, part of the Book of Mormon, is named after King Mosiah, son of King Benjamin.
Is Mosiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mosiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mosiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 350% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Mosiah, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Mosiah than any year since 2020.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mosiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
How popular is Mosiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,940th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Mosiah, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Mosiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mosiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Mosiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Zakariya, Zayd, Hamza, Yahya, Zayan, Zayn, Luca
Names related to Mosiah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mosiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mosiah, updated 20 October 2026.